18.2-480.1 - Admissibility of records of Department of Corrections in escape cases. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-480.1. Admissibility of records of Department of Corrections in escapecases.

In any prosecution for, or preliminary hearing for, the offense of escapeunder this article or Title 53.1, the records maintained by the Department ofCorrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice, when such records are dulyattested by the custodian of such records, shall be admissible in evidence asevidence of the fact, location and dates of confinement, provided that therecords shall be filed with the clerk of the court hearing the case at leastseven days prior to the trial or preliminary hearing. On motion of theaccused, the court may require the custodian to appear as a witness and besubject to cross-examination; provided such motion is made within areasonable time prior to the day on which the case is set for trial; andprovided further, that the custodian so appearing shall be considered theCommonwealth's witness.

(1976, c. 394; 1989, c. 733.)